Newcraighall

Newcraighall (Scots: Newcraighauch,[1] Scottish Gaelic: Talla na Creige Nuadh)[2] is a South-Eastern suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland.

The village had a church, a Co-op and a miners' club (demolished after a fire on 15 July 2009) and bowling green.

Newcraighall now plays host to an out-of-town shopping complex, Fort Kinnaird, previously known as ‘’Edinburgh Fort (south of Newcraighall Road) and Kinnaird Park (north).

Newcraighall railway station is on the newly reopened Borders Railway which runs from Edinburgh to Tweedbank and was formerly part of the Waverley Route to Carlisle its closure (Closed 5 January 1969) following the Beeching Report in 1963.

The village also contains a sculpture by Jake Harvey which celebrates the mining tradition of the area.

Edinburgh's Old and New Towns
Edinburgh's Old and New Towns